Thinky Direct 2026

The Hacker was known as the best of the best, delving into dark servers no one else could penetrate and returning with glittering data to sell on the black market. Nobody knows why they quit. Some say their will was broken by the dark secrets at the heart of the Mainframe. Some say they simply retired to a penthouse suite in Low Earth Orbit. But when you leave the world of high-stakes cybercrime, it's hard to stay gone. With a call from an old enemy in need of help.. 868-HACK is 868-BACK.

A puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen. Lovingly crafted by the mind of Alan Hazelden and the hands of Benjamin Davis. With enchanting soundscapes from the heart of Priscilla Snow.

A Monster’s Expedition (Through Puzzling Exhibitions) is a brand new adventure tour for monsters who love to learn about humans! Learn the ancient art of pushing trees over* and fashion your own pathways with our easy-build bridges. Then immerse yourself in human culture with all-new exhibits from our "Human Englandland" dig site, each accompanied with expert insights**! *Trees have been pre-weakened by our experts for your convenience. **Insights is not a legally binding term and may or may not include idle speculation, rumour and hearsay.

Backpack Boy is off on one of his treks when he discovers a peculiar flashlight that changes the world around him. Explore a seemingly abandoned structure in this puzzle platformer built around mode-swapping.

A difficult open world puzzle game about climbing mysterious ruins and setting fire to your belongings.

Bulbo's Belief System is a puzzle-platformer where knowledge is both a tool and an obstacle. Bulbo believes everything he's told—learning allows him to see, move, and interact, but forgetting is just as important. Erase walls from existence, ignore gravity to walk across gaps, and manage conflicting beliefs to solve mind-bending challenges. Experiment with what Bulbo knows (or doesn't) to navigate a world where perception shapes reality. Can you control what Bulbo learns and unlearns to reach the goal?

Burn With Me is a story-centric deckbuilder filled with cozy dread and occultic mysteries. In order to summon a Personal Demon you'll master inventive gameplay with position-based synergies, and permanently burn your cards and your soul.

Cat Squeeze is a cozy, brain-teasing cat puzzle game. Playing as an explosive kitten, use the extrusion of the pipeline, and navigate a maze to collect fish treats! Solve puzzles with precise blasts to escape, or get trapped by the soft maze.

A moderately challenging puzzle game where you are what you eat - and you have four stomachs. Your four directions of movement are also inventory slots, and items in those slots will affect only that direction of movement.

In Colorbound, color is more than just hue. As Anku, an Aymara boy with a unique gift, you’ll harness the power of color to shape the environment itself, uncovering hidden paths to navigate challenging and complex puzzles.

A mind and space-bending puzzle game where you fold space to cheat your way through puzzles. Master space manipulation and reach beyond the stars to uncover the mystery at the end of the universe.

All aboard the Cosmic Express, a delightfully brain-melting game where the puzzles are out of this world! Your job is to lay down the train tracks across a series of tiny space stations. Each alien has a home of their own, and there’s only room for one extraterrestrial at a time in the passenger car. It's cute, harder than it looks, and guaranteed to give you hours of challenging fun across hundreds of levels.

Explore the scenes, find clues, and sort out people, pets, and belongings in this cozy slice-of-life detective puzzle game. Fans of Duck Detective, Little Problems, and The Case of the Worst Day Ever will enjoy this new deduction game for all ages.

A non-linear pure puzzle game where you solve various puzzles using logical reasoning. Explore unknown puzzles in the game world.

Deep beneath the world, an ancient god stirs. Master the forbidden power of Dittori, discover its secrets, and use it to bend reality to your will. Herald the end of all things.

Time is your greatest resource and secrets are your only upgrades. Master an unraveling time loop in this knowledge-based Metroidvania. As the last Weaver, exploit time-altering anomalies and use what you learn to break the cycle. Explore what remains. Uncover the mystery. Perfect the loop.

Emuurom ("eh-moo rom") is a nonviolent creature-scanning exploration platformer, where you document an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Emuurom is a rule-discovery game ("metroidbrainia") in the vein of Animal Well, Void Stranger and Tunic: knowledge opens new paths. Equipped with a unique scanner beam, you reveal hidden pathways and study the Emuurom creatures to gain knowledge and create new paths forward. The environmental puzzles range from obvious to obscure, with a plethora of secrets hidden in plain sight: this creates a multi-layered experience for many kinds of players. As you gain a better understanding on the world around you, the machinations of the Emuurom creatures begin to unfold...

Class is (back) in session with Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School! Play in solo or co-op and explore an all-new campus, escape life-threatening puzzle rooms, and unravel a conspiracy as old as the school itself — all before the bell rings.